Your comments about people should use the Editor more, SPOT ON! Thanks for your service also.

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562nd Tactical School Pilot-JFO-JTAC Guide

by
EricJ

Description:
First off some history… I’m a former US Army JFO that has since been qualified to be so since
2007. I was also the consultant to DCS: A-10C for some of the JTAC material and things I experienced in
the real country of Afghanistan, in the Kunar Province (2008-2009). To this day I have zero fratricide
incidents and civilian casualties in both the real world and in-game. I’ve dealt with a few pilots and
trained a few as well (In Afghanistan they were good anyway, both pilots and my FOs) so this is what I
feel when dealing with most pilots on various servers:

It’s a good idea to NOT learn how to fly CAS on the server, regardless of aircraft. You suck and

on a game server or on a clan mission, it’s not the time to practice when there are people who
are hoping you know what you are doing. Plus you’re just fucking annoying and should spend
more time in The Editor, NOT on a server. Matter of fact some servers (though they should
enforce it more) specify that their server is not a flight school. It’s not, its virtual combat and
nobody has time for a shit pilot to come on and waste their time and get killed. There’s
something called “The Editor” which comes with the game that you should learn how to use, the
server when people are getting shot at or have tanks running around because you don’t know
what to do is a bad thing. I’ll shoot you down myself.

Download the J-FIRE, read up on it, so you can understand some terms and other things that a

good JTAC/JFO should know. I’ve seen very few talented JTACs so get off your ass and learn
something. Which means learning comms so you can work on getting the mission
accomplished.

Follow the instructions from the ground observer, don’t run and gun, as you’re shitty, so don’t

expect to think that the people on the ground think you’re doing them a favor. Besides you
create lag by inadvertently destroying buildings, which is a holdover from Arma 2. So be mindful
that if you go about running and gunning destroying buildings, then you’re a problem, not a
solution.

Learn the weapon systems and how to lock them. If you see a laser target, select GBU-12 and

lock and drop. If you see the diamond inside of the box, you’re good.

Practice on the Editor first on how to lock targets. The Macer is a pain in the ass to lock I know,

it’s very fine so when a ground JTAC gives you instructions, pay attention. You can also do long
distance shots with it so you can avoid the pesky infantrymen.

If you’re in a clan, do some damn training, you suck until somebody feels you’re capable of

performing your task. And if your clan JTAC or whatever isn’t practicing with you then you need
to get motivated and get it done.

Also for the dumb grunts on the ground. If somebody is running CAS, stay off the microphone

and let the JTAC do his or her job. They can’t be busy with people talking over them and causing
confusion. It’s not your mission so shut the fuck up.

If the JTAC gives you a run-in heading, come from that direction, not go in that direction.

And if you’re that asshole pilot who doesn’t assist ground units then you deserve to get shot

down, I’ll gladly do it as you’re just a shithead. Tactical work is teamwork, not run and gun and
act like you’re hot shit. Get it through your heads.

Use the in-game Map as much as possible, I have configured my stick to bring up and close the

map, it helps in looking at friendly locations (it’s a pain in the ass sometimes but it helps as much
as possible).

Learn how to interpret a CAS 9-line if your clan uses one. There’s no sense in a JTAC passing one

up if you don’t know how to understand it in the first place.

The 562nd Tactical School Pilot-JFO-JTAC Guide is a guide on how to be a better pilot and to be a better JTAC in Arma 3.

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